Bowen Scarff Ford Lincoln Mercury of Kent, Washington, is partnering with legendary championship
drag racing team John Force Racing the weekend of July 16-19, 2009, for an exciting promotion. John
Force Racing led by 14-time champion John Force and his daughter, Ashley Force Hood, who is
currently No. 1 in the Full Throttle point standings will offer customers of Ford Lincoln Mercury a
chance to test drive a new Ford vehicle which will enter them in a giveaway for two tickets to the
NHRA event at Pacific Raceway, and a VIP Meet and Greet opportunity with the professional Funny Car
drivers of John Force Racing.
"We are very excited to working and partnering with John Force Racing. It is important who you
associate with and I think it is a great relationship we have with John Force. We haven't done much
auto racing sponsorship for a number of years. John Force is just so well known and he runs a
successful and class operation. It is a family run business just like ours," said Mark Scarff,
Bowen Scarff Ford Lincoln Mercury General Manager.
"We have been in business for over 50 years. John Force is a 14-time Funny Car champion and we have
won the Ford Presidents Award 14-times. We are both 14-time winners John has his Funny Car
Championships and we have the highest honor from Ford. We are both going for number fifteen."
"John Force Racing is bringing us awareness to talk about our high quality cars, trucks and SUVs.
We can talk about their success on the track whether it is NASCAR or NHRA and we can talk about how
that crosses over to the consumer vehicles," added Scarff.
In addition to the Forces, who drive 310 mile-an-hour Ford Mustang Funny Cars sponsored by Castrol
GTX and Castrol GTX High Mileage on the pro drag racing tour, John Force Racing also features
Robert Hight, driver of the Auto Club of Southern California Mustang, and Mike Neff, driver of the
Ford Drive One Mustang.
"We wanted to find a way to work with local Ford dealers this year," Force said, "because in these
hard economic times, we need to help out our sponsors in any way we can. We are proud to be a part
of the Ford family and we want to encourage all our fans to go out to Bowen Scarff Ford and test
drive a new Mustang, Flex, Edge, Fusion or other great Ford car or truck before they come out to
the track to see us."
Ford Lincoln Mercury has two locations in Kent and Covington: Bowen Scarff Ford Lincoln Mercury in
Kent (off Highway 167), 1157 Central Ave N, Kent, WA 98032 and Bowen Scarff Ford in Covington (off
Highway 18), 27222 Covington Way SE, Covington, WA 98042.
